Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

**Chux** · 24 Sep 2008, 07:59 AM

Well, since it's not "out" yet I can't buy it, but if it's decent I will.

**Frogacuda** · 24 Sep 2008, 03:42 PM

It seems pretty good. It's more J-RPG than bioware in its conventions, but for what it is, I like it.

**Hero** · 24 Sep 2008, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Chux

This game is choppy as fuck, I can't believe they let it stand as is.

I thought BioWare games were required to have frame rate issues.

**Chux** · 24 Sep 2008, 04:10 PM

This is what I thought and figured it was business as usual, Frog has informed me otherwise.

**NeoZeedeater** · 25 Sep 2008, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

It seems pretty good. It's more J-RPG than bioware in its conventions, but for what it is, I like it.

Damn, I was hoping for a BioWare-style RPG. Sega could have hired a ton of different Japanese developers to go the JRPG route if they wanted. The Sonic theme would be enough to appeal to me if it was Oshima/Genesis artwork but it's not (I do like the backgrounds even if they look out of place in the Sonic universe). Still, I'm intrigued by the game and interested in more impressions.

**George** · 25 Sep 2008, 01:59 PM

I'm not going to lie, this game lacks polish in just about every sense of the word. Abrupt scene cuts, some half-assed cel shading, sound dropout at times, and a lackluster and inconsistent soundtrack (literally can be just single tone midi in town and the battle music is low bitrate mp3 guitar riffs) Play it and you'll know what I'm talking about. It's the little things that make it look more like a release beta than a finished product.

Also throw in the fact that the dialog trees, etc are the most needless addition to a SONIC game of all things, but this IS Bioware.

The combat system is the best thing going for it, though if you've ever, I mean, EVER played Ouendan or Elite Beat Agents, expect to never die. The sequences are really easy.